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Solving a Rubik's cube is not all the hard, You Tube has clips that show you the logarithms you need to do it. That said it's my kids (12 and 14) who can solve them, not me it took them about 2 days to learn. I will hire them out for the price of the plane tickets to come to where you need it solved. Just give us a day or two to cache while we're there!

I did a search for this topic before I added my own new topic today, glad to see I'm not the only one thinking about this. I was at a geocaching event with locals who have been caching a while or are really into geocaching, and have various kinds of gps'. I have found 140 caches and only 1 did I use the little Garmin Geko that we have (I needed to do projections). I am just fine with my gps on my phone and the Groundspeak app, and usually get as close or closer to gz than others I cache with occasionally. Everything I need is contained in one unit, the cost is less than a lot of the gps' and I find it very user friendly. I have even found a 3.5/4.5 star cache with it. Where I live and have cached so far though makes it easy to use the phone, good coverage, it might be a problem in other areas though. The above mentioned cachers asked when I was going to get a gps, but for investment in money and time I would need to put out, it doesn't seem to be needed by me at this time. I'll just keep on caching with my iphone. For now.....

I had the opposite happen last week. Coming home from a stay up all night trip with our teens from church, I needed a break driving, so figured stopping at a Cracker Barrel would give me a chance to stretch my brain as well as my legs. The last log for the cache said the found the log lying on the ground but no container, so they put it where they thought it should go. Sitting and rocking, waiting for a chance to look up under where the hint suggested, I saw the log up under the flashing on the side of the building. Pulled it out, signed, then waited some more so I could get down on hands and knees to look for the container, and it was right where it was supposed to be. Don't know why the previous cacher didn't find it, but I reunited the parts.

Just to check with you, because it took me a few times to figure this out myself, but the field notes do not show up as a log on geocaching.com. If you go to your Accounts Detail page and look in the right hand column for the for the section labeled field notes, then click on there, you will access what you made note of in the field and then post it as a log or whatever else you need to do with the information. I used mine on Friday and it worked perfectly, but if you don't have a connection where you are, or if the geocaching.com site has a problem then it wouldn't go through. Hope this helped. I love caching with my iphone!

Name ideas I got from the Shy Wolf Sanctuary Website, a wolf/dog rescue in Naples, Florida: Shadow (I've looked for caches in countless shadowy places) Viggo (okay, an old tv shows German[for the German Shepherd] accent saying off we go geocaching) Caching with children, and puppies, make sure you have plenty of snacks and drinks for both, and something to clean up after with! Enjoy your new puppy, and check out the Website for the Sanctuary: http://www.shywolfsanctuary.com I need to go on a tour there soon.

Wow, I feel sorry for you guys, low of 60 degrees, high of 75 degrees, no wind, and about 10 1/2 hours of daylight. Plenty of golf courses here (though I don't golf). Just no time to geocache, and can't find the ones I do look for!

I am fascinated by the things I found out about myself through geocaching. I am a talkative outgoing person, with 3 kids (ages 14 -10) that I homeschool, I'm involved in soccer as a team mom, our church, and lots of outside activities all dealing with others, I like being around people. But since my kids are only mildly interested, I started stopping for geocaches when they weren't with me, which isn't often! I found that I like it best when it's just me and the find. I enjoy being by myself, challenging myself, and being the one to find it (well most of the time). I also realized and was amazed to find a connection to my dad through geocaching. We don't have a close relationship, but I found a good part of him was in me. I'm not the best known in our household for knowing direction, but in the woods or off the beaten path, it just seems to feel right to go one way or the other. I remember hunting with my dad as a kid, and he could just drive the buggy through the woods with no path, and hours later come right into camp without ever getting lost. I'm not going to rely on my instincts for that, but I'll trust my self to wander around in the woods and enjoy a connection and a good memory of my dad. I'm also fascinated by the diversity of what God created. From the different types of trees, to the beauty of a sunset, to the thousands of ants crawling all over a cache! I love being outside, in the woods or natural area, and just enjoying what I see, I'm grateful that others took time to bring me to special places that show God's handiwork. Geocaching has opened my eyes and I'm fascinated by what I see, except those micros, I can't find them! Great reply by Sharom 12, that sums up another aspect of Geocaching for me also!

I'm in South West Florida, Ft Myers (Estero) area. Koreshan State Park which is right on 41 is a great park and has a few hides in it, I haven't found them yet, but I'm new and have looked for a number that I haven't found yet! Also close to the state park is the Buffer preserve off of Broadway (East side of 41) that has trails from under a mile to almost 5 miles. It is a great place for a hike with a lot of different habitats to see. Dogs and bikes are welcome, though I can't imagine riding my bike through there, I've seen others. Also in Bonita Springs, there is Barefoot Beach Preserve. It's state run, and costs $6.00 or more to get in, but I think it's one of the best beaches on this coast. No buildings, and loud teenagers, great place to spend the day, and nice hikes for some cache also. These are just a few in the 33928 area. Hope you enjoy your vacation, FL that time of year is great.

I have been approached by muggles a number of times (even though I only have 27 finds), I just tell the truth. They were very interested in the idea of geocaching and sound like they are ready to start seeking themselves. I guess I do need to add I live in South Florida, with a large retired population, so most of the muggles who talk to us I don't see as a threat to the cache. We have been out in the middle of nowhere though, where we normally don't see anyone else, and as soon as we found the cache, here comes a muggle (a middle aged man) around the corner of the trail, but that time we had our dog who is very protective, that guy hurried along! If they don't approach me I just ignore them. I try to be aware of muggles when I start looking for the cache, but sometimes they come out of nowhere. My first find was a cache where I was the muggle. I had heard of geocaching in magazines, but forgot to look into the sport online. Then one day while I was at the dog park near my house, we saw a lady rummaging around the bushes outside the fence. My dog park friends (the owners, not the dogs ) elected me to go find out what she was doing. The nosy person that I am, I did. I approached her from my side of the fence and asked her if she lost anything. She asked if I'd heard of geocaching. So of course, I went home that evening and looked geocaching up and now I'm hooked! I'm curious to read others muggle stories.

I loved the 100 Yen stores in Japan! Much better than the $1.00 stores here, though I spend enough of my money at the $1.00 store! I've just stared geocaching, I have 27 finds, but am taking notes for the day I start hiding. I love the organization of the toolbox.

Thanks LUCKYSTIKE1! Funny you should call it an Alligator Juniper, it is actually an oak tree, but the Cache is called Dick's Alligator, because with some squinting it can look like an alligator. Also, it is swampy around the area, so you might see a real alligator.

Wow, having been born and raised is Florida, I have only seen limited fall color (thought there are trees in even South Florida that change color in the fall), on trips out of state. These photos are beautiful, need to do some planning for a trip next fall. These photos were from last weekend at a state park in near Sebring, Florida. The sunrise does add some color! http://www.flickr.com/photos/31598163@N07/2997685643/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/31598163@N07/...in/photostream/ Sorry, can't figure out how to get the photos directly on the message.

Reading this just gave me a money making idea. Use my husbands remote control airplane with the camera attached, which he uses to take aerial photos for realtors, to scout out the thickest brush and widest areas underwater to hide 5/5 caches (since we live in South Florida, there are a lot of these). Or maybe he can be hired to take aerial photos at a cache site to see if the finders are really finding the cache, or just logging fake finds. Prints will be extra.

You say to the kids as you drive around town, there is a geocache over there I haven't found yet, a minute later, there is one there that is supposed to be hidden in a rubber ducky, a few minutes later, why don't we just stop and try to find the cache hidden here. All the while the kids are saying to each other, "Mom is becoming obsessed about this geocaching thing."

Great ideas, I'm still new at this (found 14 ), but am enjoying myself, and the time spent out with the kids. When I started I had some leftover parts for a craft I did at church and thought they might make great swag so I made up roughly 3" square leather covered blank journal book with a leather wrap around cord, similar to something I'd seen Lewis and Clark use on their journey (except much smaller ). I used quality paper inside, and think they looked great and are useful. Considering making tiny ones for the smaller caches, but don't know how it will come out. Glad I've read this thread though because after being out and not finding any writing utensil in our minivan with three kids, I used a burnt match to leave my mark in the log, then thought maybe we could leave waterproof matches as a sig item, small, useful, easy to carry, but now I see it's not a good item. Love the idea of the mosquito wipes, especially in South Florida, sunscreen wipes also. Doogie items, how about small washcloths with a paw print on them to use for wiping off the dogs paws before re-entering the car for the drive home? I'd use it to wipe of the sweat here also .